Example sentences with beginning capitals and end marks

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ✍️ Capitalize the first word of every sentence.
• 📍 Use a period (.) at the end of a statement.
• ❓ Use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.
• ❗ Use an exclamation point (!) at the end of an exclamation.
• 💬 Capitalize the first word of a direct quote.
• 📝 Capitalize proper nouns (names, places, days, months, etc.).

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence is correctly capitalized and punctuated?
   1. the cat sat on the mat
   2. The cat sat on the mat
   3. The cat sat on the mat.
   4. the Cat sat on the mat.


2. Which of the following sentences is a question?
   1. She went to the store.
   2. Did she go to the store?
   3. Go to the store!
   4. She will go to the store.


3. Which sentence shows correct capitalization of a proper noun?
   1. I visited paris last summer.
   2. I visited Paris last summer.
   3. I visited paris Last summer.
   4. i visited Paris last Summer.


4. Which sentence ends with the correct end mark?
   1. What a beautiful day.
   2. What a beautiful day?
   3. What a beautiful day!
   4. What a beautiful day


5. Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
   1. "Hello" she said.
   2. "Hello," she said.
   3. "Hello," She said.
   4. "Hello she said."


6. Which sentence correctly uses capitalization and punctuation?
   1. we are going to the park
   2. We are going to the park?
   3. We are going to the park!
   4. We are going to the park.


7. Which sentence uses capitalization and a question mark correctly?
   1. why is the sky blue.
   2. Why is the sky blue.
   3. Why is the sky blue?
   4. why is the sky blue?